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That happened much earlier. The split with Trump happened after it finally sunk in that that Republicans weren't actually interested in smaller government or co
by antonvs 1y ago
That happened much earlier. The split with Trump happened after it finally sunk in that that Republicans weren't actually interested in smaller government or cost savings, that that was just a rhetorical weapon that they deploy selectively to get elected.
- FireBeyond 1y agoI thought Musk was an amazing, brilliantly intelligent man? But it took him four months deeply embedded with the Republican party to come to this conclusion? It's been blindingly obvious to anyone remotely paying attention to US politics for the last decade (or two, or more, but blindingly so, more recently).
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- antonvs 1y agoIf we accept his self-diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, it could make a certain amount of sense. Coupled with the common propensity for motivated reasoning - someone initially told him what he wanted to hear, and he believed it. It's always difficult to get a true read on what people believe, and that goes double for very powerful or wealthy people, who have professionals devoted to their image management. Which, not coincidentally, is also where the idea of Musk as an "amazing, brilliantly intelligent man" comes from. After all, he doesn't have any sort of history of published work or intellectual breakthroughs to support that. He seems to be good at investment, and at a certain kind of hype-based marketing, including of himself (up to a point.)